B.S. Biology (2016-2017)

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B.S. in BIOLOGY (2016-2017)

Tracks: BBOT – BZOO – BMOL – BENV — or GENB

Name:______Student ID:______

Biology—no track (GENB): Simply take any BIO 2000 or higher courses for your 11-12 biology elective hours, listed just under the required BIO courses below.

Botany Track (BBOT): To attain a Botany Track with your B.S. in Biology, you must select 11-12 hours from the following courses to fill in your biology electives.

  • BIO 3050, 3400, 3540, ENV 2200

Zoology Track (BZOO): To attain a ZoologyTrack with your B.S. in Biology, you must select 11-12 hours from the following courses to fill in your biology electives.

  • BIO 2040, 2050, 2500, 3010, 3100, 3190, 4100, 4610, ENV 2300

Molecular Biology Track (BMOL): To attain a Molecular Biology Track with your B.S. in Biology, you must select 11-12 hours from the following courses to fill in your biology electives.

  • BIO 3150, 3540, 3810, 4610, BTEC 3220, 3230

Environmental Biology Track (BENV): To attain an Environmental Biology Track with your B.S. in Biology, you must select 11-12 hours from any of the following courses to fill in your biology electives.

  • BIO 2310, 2500, 3010, 3050, 3400, 3420, 4100, 4320
  • ENV 2200, 2300, 2400, 3100
  • Note -- ENV 4100 Environmental Laws and Regulations isnot allowedas one of the courses needed for a Biology degree with the environmental track

Students must have a minimum overall cumulative quality point average (QPA) of 2.0 and have a minimum cumulative quality point average of 2.0 in all work attempted at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and must have a minimum overall cumulative quality point average of 2.0 in the major field of study. Note: Minimum QPA cannot be attained by rounding up (for example, a QPA of 1.99 is not sufficient for graduation).
_____FRS1000 ( ) Unless transferring in 15 or more hrs. / 1
_____ENG1050 ( ) 1060 ( ) / 6
_____FINE ARTS-1 of:ART 1450, 2050, 2080, 2090, THE 2500 or- MUS 1020, 1040, 2940, 2980 () / 3
_____LITERATURE -1 of: ENG 2010—2020—2030—2050—2060—2080—2090—
2100—2180—2190—2200 (AIS)—2230—2240—2410 (AIS)—2470—2480 ( ) / 3
_____HISTORY-1 of: HST 1010, 1020, 1030, 1140, 1150, 1100(AIS), 1110(AIS) () / 3
_____PHIL. & RELIGION-1 of: PHI 1000, 1010, 2040, 2070-or- REL 1080, 1300 () / 3
_____SOCIAL SCIENCES ______( ) ______( ) ______( )
(3 of: each from a different discipline) ECN 1000, 2020, 2030, 2410PSY 1010
GGY 1010, 1020, 2000, 2060 (ECN)SOC 1020, 2090, 1050 (AIS)
PLS 1000, 1010 HON 1000, 2750 / 9
_____General Education Elective ______( ) Any additional course from the Arts & Humanities
Division or the SocialScience Division listed under “General Education Requirements,” which is
linked under “Undergraduate Core Requirements” in the online Academic Catalog. If foreign
language chosen, must complete two courses of the same foreign language. / 3
_____PHYSICAL EDUCATION (2 of) ______( ) ______()
PED 1010, 1300, 1310, 1320, 1330, 1340, 1350, 1360, 1370, 1380, 1390, 1410,
1450, 1460, 1770, 1790, 1900, 1910, 1950, 1800 (MSC), 1810(THE), 1820(THE) / 2
_____MATH 1070 or 1090 ( ) 2100 ( ) 2150 or 2210 ( ) / 10
_____CHEMISTRY 1300 ( ) 1100 ( ) 1310 ( ) 1110 ( ) / 8
_____BIOLOGY1000 ( ) 1000L ( ) 1010 ( ) 1020 ( ) 3040 ( ) 3180 ( ) 3710 ( ) / 24
_____BIOLOGY WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE (WD) 4700 ( )
You must also complete 6 hours of courses designated as WE (writing enriched). BIO 3710 (listed
above) will count as 4 hours of writing enriched (WE) credit, so you will still need at least 2 more
hours of WE course work, which can come from biology or any other discipline.
Double majors need only fulfill this writing requirement once. / 3
_____BIOLOGY ELECTIVES______( ) ______( ) ______( ) ______( )
Biology Electives must be 2000 or above-level courses. BIO 4700 cannot be used as a Bio. Elective. / 11-12
_____ELECTIVES -We encourage you to include additional biology, chemistry, & other
science hrs. among these free electives. ______( ) ______( )
______( ) ______( ) ______( ) ______( )
______( ) ______( ) ______( ) ______( )
______( ) ______( ) ______( ) ______( ) / 30-32
TOTAL / 120

** Must average 2.0 QPA overall in required & elective courses in Biology. You are NOT required to earn a “C” or better in each of your biology courses, but a "C" or better would certainly make you more desirable to future employers and graduate programs. You could receive a "D" in a biology course and conceivably have sufficiently high grades in your other biology courses to bring your overall QPA up to 2.0 or higher.

General Advice: As a science major, you will be taking several lab courses. For this degree, you will be taking at least 10-11 lab courses, and maybe more. Try to start taking lab courses your freshman year if possible so they don’t all “stack up” in your junior and senior years. Labs can create scheduling problems and heavy workloads if you ever have to take three a semester—better to take 1-2 each semester along the way. Definitely try your best to complete your 1000-level chemistry and biology courses by the end of your sophomore year. Finally, be aware of any courses you want or need that are not offered every fall and spring. Some upper-level courses are offered only once a year, or once every two years. When such courses roll around, pick them up as they won’t be offered again soon. The Biology Department website lists the offerings of such courses under the “Courses” link.